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Napoleonponapa Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Confusion about the adverb of time

Are the following adverbs correctly grouped by synonym?

1) Going forwards = from now on

2) In the future= in coming years= in years to come= in years ahead

3) afterwards = later on

What are the differences among # 1, 2 and 3? It seems to me that all of them refer to the future time. Please give example sentence .

Thank you so much for your time and efforts.
  

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A few things that come to mind... 1) I would say "going forward ". "going forward" and "from now on" are pretty much synonymous, but "going forward" is a kind of business-speak jargon (though it has to some extent permeated other spheres).

  • A few things that come to mind...
  • 1) I would say "going forward ".
  • "going forward" and "from now on" are pretty much synonymous, but "going forward" is a kind of business-speak jargon (though it has to some extent permeated other spheres).
  • "from now on" is general-purpose: Going forward , we need to pay more attention to quality control.
  • This is how it's going to be from now on .
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A few things that come to mind...

1) I would say "going forward". "going forward" and "from now on" are pretty much synonymous, but "going forward" is a kind of business-speak jargon (though it has to some extent permeated other spheres). "from now on" is general-purpose:

Going forward, we need to pay more attention to quality control.

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